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OMB Number: 3117–0190 

(reinstatement without change). 

Request for Comments 

Comments are solicited as to (1) 

Whether the proposed information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) minimization of the 

burden of the proposed information 

collection on those who are to respond 

(including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses). 

Summary of the Proposed Information 

Collection 

The forms are for use by the 

Commission in connection with the ITC 

DataWeb. The ITC DataWeb provides 

on-line, rapid and customized retrieval 

of U.S. trade and tariff data and has 

been an Internet tool primarily for 

government users. The user registration 

forms are required to accurately track 

usage, data reports generated, and costs 

by user sectors and to save user product 

and country lists for user reference 

during future logins. The forms appear 

on the ITC DataWeb internet site 

(http://dataweb.usitc.gov) and need to 

be filled out only once. 

Summary of Proposal 

(1) Number of forms submitted: One. 

(2) Title of form: ITC Tariff and Trade 

DataWeb: ‘‘Create New User Account 

Form’’. 

(3) Type of request: Extension. 

(4) Frequency of use: Single data 

gathering. 

(5) Description of respondents: 

Government and private sector users of 

the on-line ITC DataWeb. 

(6) Estimated number of respondents: 

20,000 annually. 

(7) Estimated total number of minutes 

to complete the forms: 2.0 minutes. 

(8) Information obtained from the 

forms that qualify as confidential 

business information will be so treated 

by the Commission and not disclosed in 

a manner that would reveal the 

individual operations of a firm. 

Hearing impaired individuals are 

advised that information on this matter 

can be obtained by contacting our TTD 

terminal (telephone no. 202–205–1810). 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its Internet server (http:// 

www.usitc.gov). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: September 18, 2006. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 06–8045 Filed 9–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Inv. No. 337–TA–584] 

In the Matter of Certain Alendronate 

Salts and Products Containing Same; 

Notice of Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Institution of investigation 

pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

complaint was filed with the U.S. 

International Trade Commission on 

August 22, 2006, under section 337 of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 

U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Merck & Co., 

Inc. of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. 

The complaint alleges violations of 

section 337 in the importation into the 

United States, the sale for importation, 

and the sale within the United States 

after importation of certain alendronate 

salts and products containing same by 

reason of infringement of U.S. Patent 

No. 4,922,007. The complaint further 

alleges that an industry in the United 

States exists as required by subsection 

(a)(2) of section 337. 

The complainant requests that the 

Commission institute an investigation 

and, after the investigation, issue a 

permanent exclusion order and a 

permanent cease and desist order. 

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for 

any confidential information contained 

therein, is available for inspection 

during official business hours (8:45 a.m. 

to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room 

112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone 

202–205–2000. Hearing impaired 

individuals are advised that information 

on this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal on 202–205–1810. Persons 

with mobility impairments who will 

need special assistance in gaining access 

to the Commission should contact the 

Office of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server at http:// 

www.usitc.gov. The public record for 

this investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay 

H. Reiziss, Esq., Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, telephone (202) 205–2579. 

Authority: The authority for institution of 

this investigation is contained in section 337 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 

in section 210.10 of the Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 

(2006). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

September 18, 2006, ordered that—

(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, an investigation be instituted 

to determine whether there is a 

violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of 

section 337 in the importation into the 

United States, the sale for importation, 

or the sale within the United States after 

importation of certain alendronate salts 

or products containing same by reason 

of infringement of one or more of claims 

1–5 of U.S. Patent No. 4,922,007, and 

whether an industry in the United 

States exists as required by subsection 

(a)(2) of section 337; 

(2) For the purpose of the 

investigation so instituted, the following 

are hereby named as parties upon which 

this notice of investigation shall be 

served: 

(a) The complainant is—Merck & Co., 

Inc., One Merck Drive, Whitehouse 

Station, NJ 08889. 

(b) The respondent is the following 

entity alleged to be in violation of 

section 337, and is the party upon 

which the complaint is to be served: 

CIPLA LTD., Mumbai Central, Mumbai 

400 008, India. 

(c) The Commission investigative 

attorney, party to this investigation, is 

Jay H. Reiziss, Esq., Office of Unfair 

Import Investigations, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and 

(3) For the investigation so instituted, 

the Honorable Charles E. Bullock is 

designated as the presiding 

administrative law judge. 

Responses to the complaint and the 

notice of investigation must be 

submitted by the named respondent in 

accordance with section 210.13 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to 

19 CFR 201.16(d) and 210.13(a), such 

responses will be considered by the 

Commission if received not later than 20 

days after the date of service by the 

Commission of the complaint and the 

notice of investigation. Extensions of 


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time for submitting responses to the 

complaint and the notice of 

investigation will not be granted unless 

good cause therefor is shown. 

Failure of the respondent to file a 

timely response to each allegation in the 

complaint and in this notice may be 

deemed to constitute a waiver of the 

right to appear and contest the 

allegations of the complaint and this 

notice, and to authorize the 

administrative law judge and the 

Commission, without further notice to 

the respondent, to find the facts to be as 

alleged in the complaint and this notice 

and to enter an initial determination 

and a final determination containing 

such findings, and may result in the 

issuance of a limited exclusion order or 

cease and desist order or both directed 

against the respondent. 

Issued: September 19, 2006. 

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 06–8046 Filed 9–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed collection, comment request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed revision of the 

‘‘The Consumer Expenditure Surveys: 

The Quarterly Interview and the Diary.’’

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the individual listed 

below in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice on or 

before November 21, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A. 

Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 

of Management Systems, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 

Washington, DC 20212, 202–691–7628. 

(This is not a toll free number.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, 

202–691–7628. (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Consumer Expenditure (CE) 

Surveys collect data on consumer 

expenditures, demographic information, 

and related data needed by the 

Consumer Price Index (CPI) and other 

public and private data users. The 

continuing surveys provide a constant 

measurement of changes in consumer 

expenditure patterns for economic 

analysis and to obtain data for future 

CPI revisions. The CE Surveys have 

been ongoing since 1979. 

The data from the CE Surveys are 

used (1) for CPI revisions, (2) to provide 

a continuous flow of data on income 

and expenditure patterns for use in 

economic analysis and policy 

formulation, and (3) to provide a 

flexible consumer survey vehicle that is 

available for use by other Federal 

Government agencies. Public and 

private users of price statistics, 

including Congress and the economic 

policymaking agencies of the Executive 

branch, rely on data collected in the CPI 

in their day-to-day activities. Hence, 

data users and policymakers widely 

accept the need to improve the process 

used for revising the CPI. If the CE 

Surveys were not conducted on a 

continuing basis, current information 

necessary for more timely, as well as 

more accurate, updating of the CPI 

would not be available. In addition, data 

would not be available to respond to the 

continuing demand from the public and 

private sectors for current information 

on consumer spending. 

In the Quarterly Interview Survey, 

each consumer unit (CU) in the sample 

is interviewed every three months over 

five calendar quarters. The sample for 

each quarter is divided into three 

panels, with CUs being interviewed 

every three months in the same panel of 

every quarter. The Quarterly Interview 

Survey is designed to collect data on the 

types of expenditures that respondents 

can be expected to recall for a period of 

three months or longer. In general the 

expenses reported in the Interview 

Survey are either relatively large, such 

as property, automobiles, or major 

appliances, or are expenses which occur 

on a fairly regular basis, such as rent, 

utility bills, or insurance premiums. 

The Diary (or recordkeeping) Survey 

is completed at home by the respondent 

family for two consecutive one-week 

periods. The primary objective of the 

Diary Survey is to obtain expenditure 

data on small, frequently purchased 

items which normally are difficult to 

recall over longer periods of time. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the ‘‘The 

Consumer Expenditure Surveys: The 

Quarterly Interview and the Diary.’’

The Consumer Expenditure Quarterly 

Interview Survey has recently 

undergone a thorough review. The 

proposed changes from this review fall 

into two major categories: streamlining 

the current questions in several sections 

and updating several questions and 

sections to reflect the current 

marketplace. 

In the streamlining category, the BLS 

deleted or collapsed obsolete questions. 

Examples of deleted or collapsed 

questions include: making refrigerators 

and freezers one item code rather than 

two codes in all applicable sections, 

adding screener questions for some 

miscellaneous items which reduces the 

need to ask about each individual item, 

and regrouping questions about 

expenditures on food and beverages so 

fewer questions are asked of the 

respondent. In addition, the BLS, 

restructured how expenditures for 

telephone services and utilities are 

collected making the collection process 

more efficient and less burdensome on 

the respondent. 

To keep the survey current, question 

wording changed and new items were 

added. Examples of new items added 

are Voice Over IP services, vacation 

clubs, changes in premiums for 

Medicare Part D, interest only 

mortgages, and reverse mortgages. 

Question wording also was changed in 

some sections to collect additional data 

for some items. Examples of changes to 

question wording include more detailed 

information for timeshare properties; 

questions on installation and set-up 

charges included with the purchase of 

televisions, home theater, and audio 

equipment; and whether, in select 

Primary Sampling Units (PSUs), a rental 

property is under rent control. These 

changes were made to keep the survey 

current with products and services 

available in the marketplace and to 

provide better data for analytical 

purposes. 

A full list of the proposed changes to 

the Quarterly Interview Survey is 


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